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Omaha Beach’s Code Omaha Off The Mark at First Asking

7th-Horseshoe Indianapolis, $34,000, Msw, 9-25, 2yo, 5fT, :58.40, fm, 2 1/4 lengths.
CODE OMAHA (c, 2, Omaha Beach–Lantiz {SP, $271,821}, by Tizway) was favored by $15 over fellow firster Silent Heart (Heart to Heart) in a five-furlong turf dash Monday at Horseshoe Indianapolis and the duo comprised what turned out to be a fairly rich return to exacta players. A $180,000 Fasig-Tipton July yearling turned $550,000 OBS April breezer, the bay broke sharply, but inward, causing a bit of a chain reaction to his inside. Easing to the lead for Manny Esquivel, the bay carved out an opening quarter in :22.63 with a host of pursuers and maintained a clear advantage into the stretch. Briefly challenged by Azteca's Gold (Sharp Azteca) approaching the eighth pole, Code Omaha kicked on nicely and covered his final furlong in a smart :11.39 to score comfortably at odds of 27-10. Silent Heart was forced to cover extra ground while rallying into the final quarter mile and boxed on gamely for second to complete a $31 exacta.

 

The 12th winner for his first-crop sire (by War Front), Code Omaha is the first foal from a turf stakes-placed dam. There is further grass influence down the pace, as third dam Candleinthedark (Cox's Ridge) was placed in the GIII Modesty H. on the grass and was a half-sister to GII Hall of Fame S. winner Islefaxyou (Storm Bird). The yearling half-brother to Code Omaha, a colt by Complexity, cost Thomas & Mitchell Bloodstock $50,000 at Keeneland September last week, and Lantiz is also the dam of a yearling colt by Maclean's Music. She was most recently covered by Jackie's Warrior (Maclean's Music). Sales history: $185,000 Ylg '22 FTKJUL; $550,000 2yo '23 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $20,400. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
O-Lauren and Rene Woolcott; B-Hartmut H. Malluche & Silesia Farm (KY); T-Jonathan Thomas.

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Soloshot Alone on the Wire in Lady Finger, First Stakes Winner for Sire

Soloshot (Solomini) was the short favorite at even-money for this stakes debut, but produced an effort similar to her career debut, going coast-to-coast in the Lady Finger S. to become Solomini (by Curlin)'s first stakes winner.

A dominant 7 3/4-length victress at first calling Aug. 27 in an off-turf baby dash at Saratoga against a state-bred maiden field, Soloshot broke like one here and quickly establish control over the pace from two off the rail. Putting a comfortable margin on Redwineandwhiskey (War Dancer) entering the straight, she responded when roused and was ridden to a two-length margin. Unicorn Cake (Cloud Computing) would come on late to secure the last minor placing by a head.

Soloshot is the second winner from three to the races, following elder sister Banterra (Practical Joke). She has a yearling full-sister and the dam returned to the sire for 2024 after missing on last season's visit. Click for the Equibase.com chart.

 

LADY FINGER S., $103,159, Finger Lakes, 9-25, (S), 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:05.98, gd.
1–SOLOSHOT, 120, f, 2, by Solomini
          1st Dam: Sweet Queen (MSP), by Twirling Candy
          2nd Dam: Kiawah Queen, by Lord At War (Arg)
          3rd Dam: Polly Wally, by Our Native
($30,000 Wlg '21 FTNMIX; $290,000 2yo '23 EASMAY). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Bregman Family Racing LLC, Jackpot Farm and Swinbank Stables; B-Rhapsody Farm LLC (NY); T-George Weaver; J-Manuel Franco. $61,895. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $110,295.
2–Redwineandwhiskey, 121, f, 2, War Dancer–U and Tequila, by Hello Broadway. 1ST BLACK TYPE. O/T-Megan Fadlovich; B-Robert Simonick (NY). $20,632.
3–Unicorn Cake, 120, f, 2, Cloud Computing–Party Like Grandma, by Desert Party. 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Flower City Racing, LLC, Christopher J. Meyer and Rich Spiesman; B-Flower City Racing (NY); T-Jeremiah C. Englehart. $10,316.
Margins: 2, 3/4, HD. Odds: 1.05, 17.70, 1.40.
Also Ran: Lika Rolling Stone, Maggy's Palace, Ixodes, Moon Chariot. Scratched: A Thousand Plans, Nicky Jolene.

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Leofric’s Canigetaloan Becomes Sire’s First Stakes Winner in Aspirant

Canigetaloan (Leofric) had to lay it all down, but gamely managed to fight off a familiar foe in a wild finish to break his maiden, score his first black-type victory in the Aspirant S., and tally the first stakes winner for his freshman sire (by Candy Ride {Arg}) all at once.

Debuting in the same Aug. 11 state-bred maiden at Saratoga as Trust Fund (Practical Joke), who would go on to win by 2 1/4 lengths, Canigetaloan came out on the better end of the photo for second and would have to face that foe again here. In hand early as he coasted along from fourth, he took to the rail through the turn and was cut loose to gain a slim advantage by the sixteenth pole. Canigetaloan turned the table on Trust Fund on the wire while Tall Paul (Frosted) would lose second to the latter in a blanket finish.

Canigetaloan is the most recent winner to the races for his dam, who also produced the winning Avid Sucinori (Ironicus) as her first offspring. The winner has a uearling full-sister as well as a 2023 half-brother by Unified. Click for the Equibase.com chart.

 

ASPIRANT S., $99,388, Finger Lakes, 9-25, (S), 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:05.00, gd.
1–CANIGETALOAN, 121, c, 2, by Leofric
          1st Dam: Diva's Delight, by Tiz Wonderful
          2nd Dam: Phi Beta Diva, by Mr. Greeley
          3rd Dam: Dignified Diva, by Meadowlake
($40,000 Ylg '22 SARAUG). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Legion Racing, Peter Dorsman Racing, LLC, Spa City Stables and Christopher T. Dunn; B-Shaun Bridgmohan (NY); T-Jeremiah C. Englehart; J-Kendrick Carmouche. $59,633. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $77,233.
2–Trust Fund, 121, c, 2, Practical Joke–Mo Savings, by Uncle Mo. ($150,000 Ylg '22 SARAUG). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Repole Stable; B-Windylea Farm-New York, LLC (NY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $19,878.
3–Tall Paul, 121, c, 2, Frosted–Ananda, by Scat Daddy. ($19,000 RNA Ylg '22 FTKFEB; $50,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; $475,000 2yo '23 OBSMAR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Michael E. Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman; B-Jeff Treadway (NY); T-Bob Baffert. $9,939.
Margins: HD, HD, 1. Odds: 3.30, 2.30, 1.00.
Also Ran: Antonio of Venice, Cable Ready, Go Grad.

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Ushba Tesoro Preps For Breeders’ Cup Classic

Kenji Ryotokuji's Ushba Tesoro (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}), last seen recording a powerful victory over an international field in the G1 Dubai World Cup in late March, returns to the races in Wednesday's $456,960 Listed Nippon TV Hai at Funabashi Racecourse about 25 minutes east of Central Tokyo. The 1800-meter test will serve as his lone prep for the GI Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita in a little more than five weeks' time.

The 6-year-old, bought for just under $220,000 as a foal at the 2017 JRHA Select Sale, made the first 22 starts of his career on the turf, and while he was often competitive and earned his keep, it was a switch to the dirt in April 2022 that signaled a renaissance.

The bay posted convincing victories in three of his first four appearances on the main track before announcing his arrival as a potentially important dirt animal when taking out the G1 Tokyo Daishoten at Ohi Racecourse last December. A half-length winner of the Listed Kawasaki Kinen Feb. 1, defeating the classy T O Keynes (Jpn) (Sinister Minister), Ushba Tesoro was one of an unprecedented seven Japanese starters in the World Cup. Slowly away and last early, Ushba Tesoro got underway nearing the stretch and motored past Algiers (Ire) (Shamardal) to score by a widening 2 3/4 lengths (see below, SC 14), with T O Keynes fourth. Yuga Kawada, in the irons at Meydan, has the riding assignment from gate four in a field of 11 Wednesday.

 

 

Chief amongst the opposition is the 3-year-old colt Mitono O (Jpn) (Logotype {Jpn}), who won the final leg on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby in March and the Listed Hyogo Championship in early May ahead of a third to the undefeated Mick Fire (Jpn) (Sinister Minister) in the Japan Dirt Derby July 12. Mitono O has the services of Yutaka Take.

Sekifu (Jpn) (Henny Hughes) was runner-up in the 2022 G3 Saudi Derby and filled the same spot against older rivals in the G3 Korea Cup, but enters this test off a career-high success in the G3 Elm S. at Sapporo Racecourse.

Though Wednesday's race takes place on the 'lesser' NAR circuit, Marche Lorraine (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}) parlayed a victory in listed company at Mombetsu in Northern Japan into a massive upset of the 2021 GI Breeders' Cup Distaff at Del Mar.

 

 

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